Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by HIOE Brian
IT IS POSSIBLE that Taiwan will soon have a surplus of vaccines on its hands. As international consensus has increasingly moved towards the view that booster shots will be necessary, the Tsai administration has made preparations to secure booster shots for Taiwan.
At present, Taiwan has 78.55% (…)
, by DAVIDSON Helen
Island state went 253 days without a single local case but now the number of cases is rising sharply
A worsening coronavirus outbreak in Taiwan has raised urgent questions about how the virus slipped past the island’s “gold standard” defences, and if it can quickly return to a zero-Covid life. (…)
, by DAVIDSON Helen , GRAHAM-HARRISON Emma
At the entrance to Taipei’s Pride march on Saturday, Pearl Jain and Lance Xie held up a sign offering free hugs. Similar placards were waved above the pulsating crowd of 100,000 sweaty and bedazzled party goers along the parade route.
Xie had recently returned from Melbourne, where 5 million (…)
, by CHEN Ying-Yu Alicia
For the last five years Chi Yang* has been working as a hostess in a club on Linsen North Road in Taipei’s popular red-light district. There, the 25-year-old and her colleagues entertain customers who pay them to sing, drink and dine with them in private rooms, where sexual intercourse is (…)
, by CHUNG Lawrence
• Self-ruled island has been frozen out of the World Health Organisation but its strong response to Covid-19 has helped raise its profile
• Taipei has offered to donate 10 million face masks to countries that are battling the outbreak
Taiwan has intensified its efforts to raise its global (…)
, by CHUNG Lawrence, Press Agencies
• Fast response, transparency and efficacy have been credited for island’s success in controlling the disease locally so far, experts say
• Taiwan will be tested in the weeks to come as Taiwanese return home from Europe and North America, where case numbers are rising
Taiwan’s initial (…)
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